AMD Catalyst Drivers 15.7.1 Windows 7

Performance Improvements

Catalystâ„¢ 9.5 brings performance benefits in several cases where framerates are CPUlimited.
Some measured examples are:
* Unigine Tropics DX9 – performance gains of up to 11% for single GPU and ATI
CrossFireXâ„¢ configurations with anti-aliasing enabled
* Company of Heroes – performance gains of up to 10% for both single GPU and ATI
CrossFireXâ„¢ configurations
* BattleForge – performance gains of up to 10% for ATI CrossFireX™ configurations


Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

* Windows 7 default driver may take a long time to start on some integrated ASICs
* Both LCD and CRT may go blank when hotplugging the CRT to the system, and will not recover until it is switched to discrete GPU
* Catalyst Control Center may stop responding when Windows Hotkeys have been assigned
* Catalyst Control Center: On "Available Display Devices" detection page, when selecting the secondary display, the radio button is not greyed out for the monitor already chosen as the main display
* "Fan Speed Control" may change to default settings when Crossfire is enabled/disabled
* Catalyst Control Center: At the end of the auto-tuning, it might not report that the process has completed successfully
* Fan Speed Control is missing in OverDrive5 aspect
* On some systems the Catalyst Control Center Over drive pages may fail to display
* Audio Control Panel might show the HDTV entry even when unplugged
* Audio Control Panel might not reflect configuration change from 7.1 Audio to Stereo
* Corruption might be observed in some OGL games with Super Anti-Alias and "Show
CrossfireX" enabled on 3-4 display configurations


Resolved Issues for the Windows 7 Operating System

* Dropped frames may be noticed while playing certain Blu-ray interlaced content
* "World in Conflict": Blank screen may be observed after the introduction trailer
completes
* On some PowerExpress systems a secondary display may be displayed for single
monitor configurations
* Moving a video clip across an extended desktop may cause the desktop to flicker or the media player to stop functioning ATI Catalystâ„¢ Release Note Version 9.5 6
* Device manager mistakenly identifies the adapter as Standard VGA Adapter for some ASICs
* "Yes" and "No" buttons might disappear while moving confirmation windows on
desktop during driver installation

ATI Catalyst™ 9.4 - New ATI OverDrive™ auto-tuning application (AMD’s product warranty does not cover damages caused by over clocking, even when enabled via AMD OverDrive software):
# ATI Catalyst 9.4 includes a new ATI Overdriveâ„¢ auto-tune application to accurately determine the best over-clocked engine and memory values for ATI Overdrive supported ATI Radeonâ„¢ Graphics accelerators
# Designed for the ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 4000 Series


Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalystâ„¢ Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:
# "World of Warcraft" or "World of Warcraft - Wrath of the Lich King": Flickering no
longer occurs when Shadow is set to medium/high using CrossFire
# Google Sketchup no longer displays blank screen
# Resolutions above 10 x 7 will now full screen properly for specific HDMI displays
# Artifacts no longer visible while playing Age of Conan DX10
# VC-1 progressive disc playback no longer exhibits block corruption


Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System
This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalystâ„¢ Software Suite for Windows XP. These include:
# The Compute Abstraction Layer (CAL) driver now functions properly under Windows XP
# Overlay Theatre Mode display no longer corrupt after enabling 3D screen saver
# OS Display Settings no longer shows extra resolutions for Component Video

ATI Catalystâ„¢ 9.3 Unified driver for Windows 7 and Windows
Vista

* AMD has delivered a single unified graphics driver for both Windows 7 and
Windows Vista – demonstrating AMD’s Windows 7 graphics driver leadership and
focus on delivering a stable and robust Windows 7 experience on AMD hardware
* Delivers full WDDM 1.1 support under Windows 7 on the ATI Radeon HD 4000
Series, ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series, and ATI Radeon HD 2000 Series of products
* Delivers improved gaming performance under Windows 7 vs. Windows Vista
* All future ATI Catalyst postings will deliver one single unified driver for Windows 7
and Windows Vista


ATI Catalystâ„¢ 9.3 Folding@Home performance enhancements

* Using ATI Streamâ„¢ technology, owners of the ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 4000 Series, ATI
Radeonâ„¢ HD 3000 Series, and ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 2000 Series of graphics
accelerators will see a performance boost in their Folding@Home scores when
running the latest Folding@Home client and upcoming cores in conjunction with
ATI Catalystâ„¢ 9.3


ATI Catalyst™ 9.3 – Windows Vista HDMI audio driver support
integrated into all ATI Catalyst 9.3 packages

* As of ATI Catalyst 9.3 the Windows Vista HDMI audio driver is automatically
included in the ATI Catalyst 9.3 package
* The HDMI audio driver will only be installed if the AMD graphics accelerator has an
HDMI display connector and there is no 3rd party HDMI audio driver installed


New AMD Display Library (ADL) SDK

* AMD Display Library (ADL) SDK is designed to access display driver functionality
for all ATI Radeon graphics accelerators and FirePro graphics accelerators
* The SDK supports Windows XP, Windows Vista and Linux - 32 and 64 bit variants
* The SDK can be used from both unmanaged (C/C++) and managed (C#) applications
- samples are provided within the SDK
* The ADL SDK is available to the public via the Developer relations site


Performance Improvements

Catalystâ„¢ 9.3 brings performance benefits in several cases where framerates are CPUlimited.
Some measured examples are:
* Lost Planet: Colonies gains up to 20% on 4800 series products, and up to 50% on
4600, 4500 and 4300 series products


Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalystâ„¢
Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:
* Video combing effects no longer visible during movie playback while fast
forwarding or rewinding
* Avivo Video Color Settings are now retained after resume from Sleep/Hibernate
* Overlay Theater Mode is now enabled with component video or composite video in
extended modes
* Catalyst Control Center: Avivo Video Advanced Color page is no longer grayed out
and preview is now functional
* OGL games now play properly with "Show Crossfire logo…" option enabled
* Rotation now works if Aero mode is turned off


Resolved Issues for the Windows XP Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalystâ„¢
Software Suite for Windows XP. These include:
* Avivo Video Color Settings will now be applied in the video when played using
PowerDVD
ATI Catalystâ„¢ Release Note Version 9.3 6
* FJ online game no longer changes resolution slowly in full screen mode with some
ASICs
* Quake 4: Screen corruption no longer appears in CrossFire using two bridge cables
with some ASICs
* Composite video no longer goes black when disabling Overlay Theater Mode using
Catalyst Control Center
* Resolved issues for Open GL 3.0 "CreateContext" function
* Toggling between 3D games in full screen mode to the desktop is no longer slow
when using the Alt-Tab key

Performance Improvements

Catalystâ„¢ 9.2 brings performance benefits in several cases where framerates are
CPU-limited. Some measured examples are:
• Crysis DX10 gains up to 20%
• Crysis Warhead DX10 gains up to 20%
• World in Conflict gains up to 5%


System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI
Catalystâ„¢ Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:

• Catalyst Control Center now enables Anisotropic Filtering for DirectX 10
applications.
AMD Chipset Product Support
AMD Chipset Product Support
ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 3300 Series ATI Radeonâ„¢ Xpress 3200 CrossFire
ATI Radeonâ„¢ HD 3200 Series AMD 690 Series Chipset
ATI Radeonâ„¢ 3100 Series AMD 580X Series Chipset
ATI Radeonâ„¢ 3000 Series ATI Radeonâ„¢ Xpress 1150 Series
ATI Radeonâ„¢ 2100 Series ATI Radeonâ„¢ Xpress 1100 Series
ATI Radeonâ„¢ X1250 Series ATI Radeonâ„¢ Xpress 200 Series
ATI Radeonâ„¢ X1200 Series ATI Radeonâ„¢ Xpress 1250 Series
Note: When installing the Catalystâ„¢ Vista driver for Windows Vista,
the user must be logged on as Administrator or have Administrator
rights in order to successfully complete the installation of the Catalystâ„¢
Vista driver.
ATI Catalystâ„¢ Release Note 5
• Resolved Catalyst Control Center displaying the following warning message
“The Catalyst Control Center is not supported by the driver version.”
• Catalyst Control Center, Display Manager correctly shows connected monitor
maximum refresh rates
• Catalysts Control Center, component video pixel format settings are retained
on system restart
• Minor screen corruption no longer occurs at the top left of some Samsung
panels when connected to ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics
• In Call of Duty 4, some intermittent game corruption no longer occurs when
soften smoke edges is enabled
• Resinstalling the display driver using the INF method on a multi-display (ATI
Radeon HD 3870 X2, Radeon HD 3870) system does not cause the operating
system to fail
• Resolved minor flickering in the playback of a Blu-ray title that may be
noticed when moving to the extended desktop
• Catalyst Control Center, Crossfire Overdrive, changing the GPU Clock and
Memory Clock from the default settings no longer causes a failure in the Test
Custom Clocks test
• With Anti-Alias enabled Doom3 no longer intermittently fails to start on some
Crossfire systems
• Enemy Territory: Quake Wars corruption observed in the globe in the main
menu no longer occurs
• The display driver no longer fails to load on some systems with more than 8
GB of system RAM
• Catalyst Control Center, some HDMI monitor are not longer incorrectly
reported back as DVI
• Resolved video displaying in black and white when playing back high bitrate
AVCHD files
• Playing back some Blu-ray content with video acceleration disabled on
Cyberlink Power DVD_Cinema no longer results in no video rendering
• Fixed H.264 videos not rendering (black video) when Closed Captioning was
enabled
• Overlay Theater Mode now enables with a component video or composite
video in extended modes
• Playing some Blu-ray DVD titles on PowerDVD no longer shows the lower
portion of the player window intermittently appear shaky when playing Special
Features
• Some video shake is no longer observed when fast forwarding with certain
Blue-ray titles
• Resolved intermittent system instability with catalyst 8.12 and some ATI
Radeon HD 4800 CrossFire configurations
• Video tearing no longer noticed when playing back some DVD titles on
WinDVD with all hardware acceleration options enabled
• Creating any type of an OpenGL 3.0 context (normal or forward compatible)
and then requesting the version string no longer causes the driver to stop
responding
• The OS is no longer unstable while running auto-tune when Crossfire is
enabled

The Catalystâ„¢ software suite 8.10 contains the following:

* Radeonâ„¢ display driver 8.541
* Multimedia Centerâ„¢ 9.16 (Windows XP only)
* HydraVisionâ„¢ for both Windows XP and Vista
* HydraVisionâ„¢ Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
* Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
* WDM Driver Install Bundle
* Southbridge/IXP Driver
* Catalystâ„¢ Control Center Version 8.8


o The Catalystâ„¢ software driver and the Catalystâ„¢ Control Center can be downloaded independently of each other. However, for maximum stability and performance AMD recommends that both components be updated from the same Catalystâ„¢ release


o The Catalystâ„¢ Control Center requires that the Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 be installed. Without .NET version 2.0 installed, the Catalystâ„¢ Control Center will not launch properly and the user will see an error message.

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalystâ„¢ Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:

* Some video corruption might be noticed when playing certain Blu-ray titles. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38293
* Disconnecting an HDMI display device during DVD playback may result in Windows Vista failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38308
* Flickering may occur on the primary display when two dual link displays are used. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38295
* Playing some video file formats under Windows Media Player 11 can cause a time delay response. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38926.
* City of Villains: Flashing observed in the game when super AA is enabled in Catalyst Control Center and the resolution is at 2560x1600. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38301
* When desktop rotation enabled in OS:Vista Greek some text is cutoff in the default monitor.Further details can be found in topic number 737-38302
* Performing an express un-install of the display driver on some ATI Radeon HD 48x0 series devices, may intermittently result in the display device failing to display an image. Further details can be found in topic number 737-38308

The Catalystâ„¢ software suite 8.9 contains the following:
· Radeon™ display driver 8.53
· Multimedia Center™ 9.16 (Windows XP only)
· HydraVision™ for both Windows XP and Vista
· HydraVision™ Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
· Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
· WDM Driver Install Bundle
· Southbridge/IXP Driver
· Catalyst™ Control Center Version 8.9


New Features

Catalystâ„¢ 8.9 introduces the following new features:

• Catalyst™ Control Center: New Display mode support

• OverDrive™ support for QUAD CrossFireX configurations

· OpenGL™ 3.0 extension support
Catalystâ„¢ Control Center: New Display mode support

This release of Catalystâ„¢ introduces 1080p @ 50Hz custom mode support for HDTVs for the ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series, ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series, ATI Radeon HD 2000 Series, and ATI Radeon X1000 Series of products. Users can configure their own custom 1080p @ 50Hz modes to best fit their display.
OverDriveâ„¢ support for QUAD CrossFireX configurations

This release of Catalyst™ introduces Overdrive support for QUAD CrossFireX configurations. Users can now over-clock each graphics accelerator’s engine or memory speed when running in QUAD CrossFire configurations using manual controls or the automated auto-tuning utility.
OpenGLâ„¢ 3.0 support - Phase 1

This release of Catalystâ„¢ introduces OpenGLâ„¢ 3.0 extension support. In upcoming Catalystâ„¢ releases AMD will continue to expand its support for OpenGL 3.0 extensions. The following is a list of supported extensions in Catalyst 8.9:

· ARB_half_float_pixel

· ARB_draw_instanced

· ARB_instanced_arrays

· EXT_texture_compression_3dc

· EXT_texture_compression_rgtc

Known Issues Under the Windows Vista Operating System

This section provides information on known issues that may be experienced under the Windows Vista operating system with the latest version of Catalystâ„¢. These include:

· Call of Duty 4 or Crysis: Color corruption may be noticed when running the games in full screen mode with Quad CrossFire™ enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35115

· Crysis: Playing the game at a display resolution lower than the native display resolution of a connected 30" display device may result in corruption being noticed when CrossFire™ is enabled and having the Catalyst™ Control Center scaling the image to full screen. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35111

· Hellgate London: Pressing Alt-Tab to return to the Windows Vista (32 bit version) desktop while playing the game may intermittently result in a translucent image of the game appearing on the Windows desktop. This issue may be experienced on systems containing either an ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 X2 or ATI Radeon™ 4800 product

· Lost Planet (DX10 version): Some of the in-game display resolutions may fail to be available when using a CRT display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35872

· Gears of War: The game may intermittently fail to respond on systems running Windows Vista (32 bit version) and containing an ATI 48x0 series of product when certain having various in-game options set. Further details can be found in topic number 737-37346

· The secondary HDMI Display may turn off when resuming from an S1 hibernation with an HDMI display connected. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31146

· An error message may appear when installing the display driver package through setup.exe. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31577

· Installing an ATI Radeon™ X1600 series of product into a system containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 series of product with the display driver already installed may result in the operating system entering a continuous reboot. This issue may be averted by removing the ATI graphics driver prior to the installation of the ATI Radeon™ X1600 series of product. This issue may also be experienced with the ATI Radeon™ X1300 and 1550 series of products. Furtherinformation may be found in topic number 737-33471

· Performing an express install of the Catalyst™ Control Center may result in an error message being displayed when rebooting the system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-29532

· Restoring the factory defaults for the Catalyst™ Control Center may result in the Catalyst™ Control Center title bar intermittently failing to be redrawn when dragging the interface around the Windows Vista (64 bit version) desktop

· Video playback may occasionally appear shaky or jerky when playing a recorded video file using a Webcam to record and Quickplay to playback the file Enabling extended desktop mode and setting the color depth below 16bpp may occasionally result in the secondary display device failing to redraw properly

· Connecting two or more display devices and enabling either extended desktop or clone mode may intermittently result in the operating system failing to respond when running the Auto-tune feature in the Catalyst Control Center -> OverDrive page. Further details can be found in topic number 737-37347

· Setting the desktop resolution to 1600x1200 or greater may result in green pixel corruption being noticed when playing certain games. This issue maybe noticed when using a system running Windows Vista and containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 or HD 2400 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31150

· Attempting to play the HD-DVD title Harsh Times, School for Scoundrels using the Cyberlink player may result in block corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31155

· Enabling clone mode followed by switching to extended desktop mode may result in the Windows Vista (64 bit version) failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34125

· Enabling extended desktop mode and setting the color depth below 16bpp may result in the secondary display device failing to redraw properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35114

· A green or black screen may be displayed when configuring MCE to ATSC mode. Further information may be found in topic number 737-27622

· Playing a Blu-ray DVD title may result in corruption being noticed when using certain display resolutions such as 1360x768, 1360x1024, or 1600x1200. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35896

· Enabling clone mode followed by switching to extended desktop mode may result in the Windows Vista (64 bit version) failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35766

The Catalyst" software suite 8.8 contains the following:

* Radeon" display driver 8.522
* Multimedia Center" 9.16 (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision" for both Windows XP and Vista
* HydraVision" Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
* Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
* WDM Driver Install Bundle
* Southbridge/IXP Driver
* Catalyst" Control Center Version 8.8

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst" Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:

* Setting the language option to Greek no longer results in cropped text being noticed in the Catalyst" Control Center->Component Video page
* Adobe After Effects: Exiting the application no longer results in the Windows Vista (64 bit version) operating system intermittently failing to respond
* Call of Duty 4: Corruption is no longer noticed when having Quad CrossFire" enable and an HDMI 1080p display device connected. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35112
* Devil May Cry 4: Anti-Aliasing no longer fails to function when playing the game with CrossFire" enabled
* Dirt: Playing the German Crossover track (Rally World Event) no longer results in the grand stands and chain link fences not being display correctly when CrossFire" is enabled and MSAA is disabled
* Hellgate London: Setting the display resolution to 2560x1600 no longer results in the game failing to respond
* Linage II: Switching between the game and the Windows desktop no longer results in the desktop appearing brighter than its original setting. Exiting the game and restarting the operating system may also result in the desktop brightness failing to be restored to its original setting. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35108
* Lost Planet (DX9): Enabling CrossFire", AA to 4x, AF to 8x, and having all of the in-game options set to high no longer results in the game failing to respond when running the performance test
* Mahjongg Artifacts: Flickering is no longer noticed when playing the game on pre-configured name brand systems
* Mass Effect: Playing the game with CrossFire" enabled no longer results in corruption being noticed on the AA menu
* NASCAR demo: Setting all the in-game options to the highest levels no longer results in corruption being noticed on systems containing an ATI Radeon" HD 2400 series of product and running Windows Vista
* Quake 4: Corruption is no longer noticed when starting a new game on systems running either Windows XP or Vista and containing an ATI Radeon" HD 48x0 series of product
* Second Life: Playing the game on a CrossFire" configured system (ATI Radeon" HD 2400 and above) no longer results in corruption and slow performance being noticed
* Unreal Tournament 3: The game no longer intermittently fails to launch when a map has texture detail set to maximum. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31189
* World In Conflict: Setting the video quality to high no longer results in corruption being noticed
* Installing a newer version of the Catalyst" Control Center without removing the older version no longer results in a windows error message appearing when attempting to launch the Catalyst" Control Center
* The Reduce DVI frequency on high-resolution displays is no longer missing in the Catalyst" Control Center->Digital Panel (DVI) page when hot un-plugging and then hot-plugging a display device using the HDMI port on systems containing an ATI Radeon" HD 3100/3200 series of product
* The Display Management options are no longer missing or corrupted when switching between profiles in the Catalyst" Control Center
* Clicking Start->All Program->Catalyst" Control Center->Restart runtime twice no longer results in the two ATI Restart icons appearing on the Windows taskbar
* Setting the DPI to 120 or 144 no longer results in cropped text being noticed throughout various pages of the Catalyst" Control Center
* Making changes to the default values in the Avivo color page and closing the Catalyst" Control Center without applying the changes no longer results in the default values failing to be restored
* Cropped text is no longer noticed in the VPU Recover message when the DPI is set to 144
* Checking the Use application settings in Avivo Video->Basic Color no longer results in the preview failing to be updated with the default color settings
* Corruption is no longer noticed when entering the Catalyst" Control Center->Basic Quality page on systems containing an ATI Radeon" HD 4800 product
* Setting the language option to German and the Catalyst" Control Center skin to ATI_Crimson no longer results in text appearing cropped within the Catalyst" Control Center
* Catalyst" Control Center: Enabling the option for Always on Top no longer results in dialog boxes failing to appear on top of the Catalyst" Control Center
* Running through a custom install of the graphics driver and installing the driver to a directory of choice no longer results in a C++ error message when right clicking on the Windows desktop
* The pulldown menu options found within various pages of the Catalyst" Control Center are no longer mis-aligned
* Setting the language option to Russian no longer results in cropped text being noticed within the Catalyst" Control Center
* Using the Catalyst" Control Center Setup Assistant no longer results in the Catalyst" Control Center Advanced View text is appearing greyed out
* A restricted number of HDTV custom modes no longer occurs after deleting all of the custom modes that were previously added
* Catalyst" Control Center: The online help links for Color->Full Screen3D are no longer missing
* Catalyst" Control Center->Help->CrossFire": The help file no longer states that CrossFire" is enabled by default under the Windows XP operating system
* Incorrect help hardware configurations are no longer described for CrossFire" in the Catalyst" Control Center->Help contents
* Setting the language option to any of the supported languages now results in the translated language web pages being displayed (if in existence) when clicking on the Welcome link
* Corruption is no longer noticed in the lower portion of the HDMI display when using certain display modes
* Disabling the graphics driver while clone mode is enable no longer results in corruption being noticed on the display devices
* Connecting an HDMI display device and entering an S3 state no longer results in the operating system failing to respond or VPU Recover to activate
* Connecting an HDMI display device to the DVI port using an HDMI to DVI dongle no longer results in the display mode of 720x480 failing to be in the display mode list after hot-unplugging the HDMI display device and hot-plugging a DVI display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35105
* Screen flashing no longer occurs when connecting a display device that has incorrect Extended Display Identification Data information (EDID)
* An error message indicating that the display driver stopped responding and has recovered is no longer displayed when playing a DVD title using the Windows Media Player on systems containing an ATI Radeon" 3100/3200 series of product
* Connecting a dual link display device to a system containing an ATI Radeon" HD 36x0 series of product no longer results in the display device failing to display an image when enabling the option to reduce DVI and setting the display resolution to 1280x1024 60Hz 32bpp
* Connecting an HDMI display device and setting the display resolution to 1600x1024 or higher with a refresh rate higher than 60Hz. no longer result in the display device failing to display an image
* Logging off one user and logging on as another no longer results in CrossFire" failing to be enabled or disabled when logging back on as the original user
* A CCCPrev.exe has stopped working error message no longer appears when selecting any 3D settings in the Catalyst" Control Center when extended desktop mode is enabled
* Connecting a CRT as the primary and a DFP as a secondary display device followed by enabling extended desktop mode no longer results in clone mode becoming active when hot-unplugging the DFT and the hot-plugging it back on
* Connecting a TV as a secondary display device and attempting to enabled extended desktop mode no longer results in the TV format failing to change
* Connecting a secondary display device and enabling it as the primary display no longer results in the resolution being set to it maximum display resolution when enabling CrossFire"
* Clicking on the seek slider when playing a DVD title using the PowerDVD player no longer results in corruption being noticed on the playback window
* Switching from h.264 to MPEG2 video titles no longer results in the operating system intermittently failing to respond
* Playing VC1 video clips no longer results in green corruption being noticed in the player window
* Seeking or fast-forwarding in a media player application no longer results in corruption being noticed on systems containing an ATI Radeon" HD 3600 series of product and running Windows Vista (32 bit version)
* Enabling BOB de-interlacing no longer results in a green line being noticed on the bottom of the playback window when playing a 1080i clip
* Playing a standard definition DVD using the Windows Media Player no longer results in the player window flashing when closed captioning is enabled
* Playing a DVD title using the PowerDVD player no longer results in the PowerDVD player failing to respond when DXVA is disabled, closed captioning is enabled and the user is fast forwarding the DVD title anywhere from 4x to 32x

The Catalyst" software suite 8.7 contains the following:

* Radeon" display driver 8.512
* Multimedia Center" 9.16 (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision" for both Windows XP and Vista
* HydraVision" Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
* Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
* WDM Driver Install Bundle
* Southbridge/IXP Driver
* Catalyst" Control Center Version 8.7
New Features

Catalyst" 8.7 introduces the following new features:

* Catalyst Control Center: Information Center enhancements
* Support for new Linux operating systems

Catalyst Control Center: Information Center enhancements

This release of Catalyst" introduces an enhancement to the Catalyst Control Center Information Center. Full Hardware information will be shown for each physical graphics accelerator installed in the system.
Support for new Linux operating systems

This release of ATI Catalyst" Linux introduces preview support for the following new operating systems:

* Ubuntu 8.04 production support
* SLED 10 sp2 production support

Performance Improvements

The following performance gains are noticed with this release of Catalyst".

* 3DMark Vantage: Performance increases of up to 20% is noticed in the Performance Preset on single card configured systems when using ATI Radeon" HD 36xx or ATI Radeon" HD 34xx products
* Company of Heroes DX10: Performance increases of 3% to 12% is noticed in specific maps on single card configured systems when using either an ATI Radeon" HD 48xx, ATI Radeon " HD 38xx, or an ATI Radeon" HD 36xx product
* Lost Planet DX10: Performance increases of 4% to 15% is noticed in specific maps on single card configured systems when using either an ATI Radeon" HD 48xx, ATI Radeon" HD 38xx, or an ATI Radeon" HD 36xx product
* Call Of Duty 4 DX9: Performance increases of up to 4% in specific maps is noticed on single card configured systems when using an ATI Radeon" HD 48xx product
* Lost Planet DX9: CrossFire" scaling improves up to 1.7x and performance increases up to 80% across all Radeon™ products when AA and AF is enabled

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst" Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:

* Assassin's Creed: Attempting to launch the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 series of product and running the Windows Vista operating system (32 bit version) no longer results in the game exiting to the desktop. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35804
* Crysis: Edge detect is now working when playing the DX9 version of the game with UBM enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35765
* Frontlines Fuel of War: Setting the in-game option to 1152x864 and AA to N/A no longer results in corruption being noticed when playing the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 38x0 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35861
* Hellgate London: Setting the display resolution to 2560x1600 no longer results in the game failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35886
* Mahjongg Artifacts: Launching the game on a system running Windows Vista no longer results in the operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35873
* Rainbow Six Vegas 2: Flickering is no longer noticed when switching between the game and the Windows desktop. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35818
* Rainbow Six Vegas 2: Setting AA to 8x no longer results in AA failing to be applied. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35823
* World In Conflict: Setting the video quality to high no longer results in corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35884
* World of Warcraft: The game's log-in background is no longer blank when using OpenGL mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35767
* ZT: Attempting to play the Asian game in a windowed mode or at a display resolution of 1280x1024 no longer results in the game failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34152
* Running various games on a system containing an ATI Radeon™ X18x0 series of product no longer results in Time-out Detection and Recovery (TDR) when having Catalyst AI set to Advanced. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35828
* A black window is no longer displayed when attempting to play a DVD title using WinDVD 7 when Overlay Theater Mode and clone mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34133
* Connecting an HDMI display device to the DVI port using an HDMI to DVI dongle no longer results in the display mode of 720x480 failing to be in the display mode list after hot-unplugging the HDMI display device and hot-plugging a DVI display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35105
* Clicking on the Scaling Options for the HDMI display device no longer results in the Panel Information and Image Scaling information failing for the graphics adapter failing to be restored. This issue is also resolved for the Windows XP operating system as well. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35874
* Attempting to change to clone or single mode no longer fails when display number 2 is set a the primary display device. This issue is also resolved for the Windows XP operating system as well. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35768
* Connecting a secondary display device no longer results in the secondary display failing to be seen in the Catalyst Control Center when using a system containing an ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 series of product. This issue is also resolved for the Windows XP operating system as well. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35802
* Adjusting either the gamma, brightness or contrast setting in the Catalyst Control Center no longer results in certain graphics hardware information failing to be displayed in the Information Center. This issue is also resolved for the Windows XP operating system as well. Further details can be found in topic number 737-358633
* Enabling and disabling GPU Scaling no longer results in some of the supported display resolutions no longer being available. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35047
* The OverDrive" clocks are no longer set back to default setting when exiting the fullscreen samples if the Enable ATI OD For... option is set to Off. Further details can be found in topic number 737-35755
* Using a smart dongle no longer results in the mode of 1080i failing to appear in the display manager of the Catalyst Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-358477

The Catalyst" software suite 8.5 contains the following:

* Radeon" display driver 8.493
* Multimedia Center" 9.16 (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision" for both Windows XP and Vista
* HydraVision" Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
* Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
* WDM Driver Install Bundle
* Southbridge/IXP Driver
* Catalyst" Control Center Version 8.5
Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst" Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:

* Clive Barker's Jericho: Corruption is no longer noticed when playing the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon" HD 38x0 series of product and running the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34260
* Colin McRae: DiRT: Setting the display to 1024x768 with AA set to 4x, and CrossFire" enabled no longer results in lower performance being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34254
* Crysis: Flickering shadow corruption no longer occurs in hallways of the ship when CrossFire" is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34256
* Doom 3: Setting the in game options to Ultra Quality and the screen size to 1600x1200 no longer results in the image next to the text failing to be rendered. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32603
* Farcry: Enabling CrossFire" no longer results in corruption being noticed during the introduction of the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34262
* Gears of War: Launching the game under the 64 bit version of Windows Vista no longer results in momentary corruption of the desktop. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34261
* Enemy Territory Quake Wars: Launch the game demo on a system containing an ATI Radeon" X11x0 series of product and running the Windows Vista operating system no longer results in the operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34199
* Halo 2: Enabling AA in the Catalyst" Control Center no longer results in the Halo 2 logo flickering when loading or quitting a campaign. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32541
* Hellgate: London: Flickering is no longer noticed when quitting and then relaunching the game when the in-game setting are set to their maximum levels. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32604
* Monster Madness Battle for Suburbia: Shading over 3D characters no longer results in flickering being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34255
* Shrek: The game no longer fails to launch on systems containing an ATI Radeon" HD3100/3200 series of product and running the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34197
* Stranglehold: The game no longer fails to load on systems running the Windows Vista operating system with default values enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34259
* Tabula Rasa: Setting the graphics option to enable Deferred Lighting and Dynamic Shadows no longer results in corruption being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32597
* Team Fortress 2: Enabling CrossFire" and playing the game on a system running Windows Vista no longer results in corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34257
* Tomb Raider Anniversary: Performance improvement is now noticed when playing the game with CrossFire" enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32598
* Connecting a secondary display device using the HDMI connector and enabling either clone mode or extended desktop mode no longer results in the WinDVD 7 player playing in a windowed mode on both display devices when Overlay Theater Mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30579
* The OverDrive" page is no longer missing in the Catalyst" Control Center after disabling CrossFire" support. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31579
* Watching live TV on a system running Windows Vista no longer results in corruption being noticed after a short time period. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33465
* Connecting a TV as the secondary display device and enabling either clone mode or extended desktop mode no longer results in the TV failing to display an image when resuming from an S3 state. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33466
* Connecting a CRT and an HDMI display device followed by enabling clone mode and setting the resolution to 1024x768 32bpp 60Hz. no longer results in corruption being noticed on the secondary display device when resuming from suspend mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32656
* The signal on HDTV TV is no longer displayed as 480p60 after setting the format to 576i25/576p50 in clone mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32662
* Momentary flicker is no longer noticed when rotating the display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32661
* Flashes of white lines are no longer noticed when quickly moving windows around the Vista desktop. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32660
* Attempting to perform a silent install of the display driver on a system running Traditional Chinese version of Windows Vista no longer results in an error message being displayed and the display drivers failing to be installed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32601
* Corruption is no longer noticed on the Windows Vista desktop when playing a DVD title when using the Windows Media Player. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33383
* Connecting multiple display devices no longer results in the primary, secondary and other monitors swapping positions within the Catalyst" Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32543
* The secondary display device no longer fails to resume from sleep mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32534
* Connecting a DFP display device to a system running Windows Vista (32 or 64 bit versions) no longer results in the display modes of 1024x768, 800x600, and 640x480 being missing in the Catalyst" Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32542
* A warning message no longer fails to appear when using an inappropriate DVI-HDMI adapter. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32596
* Hot plugging an HDMI display device to a system running Windows Vista (32 or 64 bit version) no longer results in the HDMI display device being detected as a DTV (DVI) device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32593
* The color depth no longer changes to 8 bpp when enabling or disabling CrossFire" for the first time. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31580
* Playing DVD content using the Windows Media Player no longer results in the playback being choppy. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32529
* Catalyst" Control Center->Display Properties->Settings tab->Advanced: The adapter information is no longer displayed as ATI Display Adapter instead of the actual product name. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32602
* Setting the language option to any supported language other than English no longer results in the Help file for Hydragrid failing to appear. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32608
* The Windows Vista operating system no longer fails to resume from suspend mode when the HDMI display device is set to 1024x768 60Hz.on systems containing an ATI Radeon" HD 2400 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32549
* Resuming from an S3 state no longer results in the display continually blinking on systems running the Windows Vista operating system (64bit version). Further details can be found in topic number 737-31575
* Setting the display resolution to 1920x1200, followed by playing a DVD title no longer results in playback of the DVD appearing jittery. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32535
* Connecting a CRT as a secondary display device no longer results in the inability to swap between a CV display device and a CRT display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34325
* Attempting to connect a TV using the S-Video connector no longer results in the TV failing to be detected in the Catalyst" Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34328
* The display mode of 1920x1200 is no longer removed from list modes available for a connected CRT. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34331
* The Catalyst" Control Center monitor page no longer displays incorrect information on systems containing an ATI Radeon" HD 3100/3200 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34195
* German translation errors are now rectified for the Vista installer. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34196
* Enabling Overlay Theatre Mode while a movie is playing no longer results in the secondary display device displaying a black screen when extended desk mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34198
* Connecting a CRT and LCD display device, along with enabling clone mode and setting the display resolution to 1280x1600 no longer results in corruption being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34230
* Intermittent corruption when switching between an LCD display device and an HDMI TV no longer occurs. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34231
* The AMD Live Explorer carousel view no longer fails to load previews. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34232
* Attempting to resume from suspend mode when playing a Blu-Ray title no longer results in the Windows Vista operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34233
* The ATI Graphics Power Settings can now be changed in the Power options on system running Windows Vista and containing an ATI Radeon" HD 2400 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34234
* Connecting an HDMI display device no longer results in the display failing to fit the screen properly when setting the display resolution to 1920x1200. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34251
* The display formats of 720p and 1080i are no longer displayed in the Catalyst" Control Center when using a display device that does not support the modes. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34252
* Connecting a secondary display device and setting the display resolution to 1280x800 or greater no longer results in corruption being noticed when attempting to enable extended desktop mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34253
* Toggling a DX9 application between windowed mode and full screen mode on systems containing an ATI Radeon" HD 36x0 series product and running the Windows Vista operating system no longer results in the operating system failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34258
* Enabling CrossFire" no longer results in the ability to swap between display devices. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34263
* Hot-plugging and hot-unplugging an HDMI display device no longer results in the Catalyst" Control Center failing to detect the correct setting of the display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34267
* Condition Zero and Google Earth no longer fail shortly after starting the applications on systems running Windows Vista. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34269
* Disabling the ATI graphics driver no longer results in the Windows Vista operating system failing to respond when using an ATI Radeon" HD 2600 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34270
* Hot swapping a display device to the second DVI connector no longer results in the display device failing to be detected. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34271
* Setting the display resolution to 1360x768 or higher and attempting to play a Blu-Ray or HD DVD title using the Cyberlink player no longer results in the player displaying a blank screen. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34272
* Enabling Closed Captioning no longer results in a green line at left side and bottom of the text being noticed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-34273

The Catalyst" software suite 8.4 contains the following:

* Radeon" display driver 8.476
* Multimedia Center" 9.16 (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision" (Windows XP only)
* HydraVision" Basic Edition (Windows XP only)
* Remote Wonder 3.04 (Windows XP only)
* WDM Driver Install Bundle
* Southbridge/IXP Driver
* Catalyst" Control Center Version 8.4

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst" Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:

* Company of Heroes: Setting the in-game options to maximum levels no longer results in the game exiting to the desktop after the game has completed loading. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32600
* Crysis: Setting the Catalyst" Control Center->Advanced View->3D->Standard Settings to Optimal Quality and having certain in game option settings no longer results in the game failing to render properly. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33395
* Doom 3: Setting the in game options to Ultra Quality and the screen size to 1600x1200 no longer results in the image next to the text failing to be rendered. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32603
* Hellgate: London: Flickering is no longer noticed when quitting and then relaunching the game when the in-game setting are set to their maximum levels. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32604
* Lost Planet: Setting AA to either 4x or 8x no longer results in the game failing to respond. Further details can be found in topic number 737-28492
* Tabula Rasa: Setting the graphics option to enable Deferred Lighting and Dynamic Shadows no longer results in corruption being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32597
* Tomb Raider Anniversary: Performance improvements are now noticed when playing the game with CrossFire" enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32598
* Playing a game that uses the Unreal Engine 3.0 no longer results in AA setting not having any effect on the game when CrossFire is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33384
* The Windows Vista operating system no longer fails to respond when running the Auto-tune utility found in the Catalyst" Control Center OverDrive" option. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30584
* Using the pound key (#) as the first character in the user name no longer results in an error when installing the Catalyst" Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31578
* The color depth no longer changes to 8 bpp when enabling or disabling CrossFire" for the first time. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31580
* Display corruption is no longer noticed when enabling CrossFire" on a system containing an ATI Radeon" X1900/1950 series of product when the display resolution is set to 1600x1200 70Hz and running a 3D application in full screen mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31582
* Connecting a TV as a secondary display device no longer results in extended desktop mode failing to become active. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32659
* Flashes of white lines are no longer noticed when quickly moving windows around the Vista desktop. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32660
* Momentary flicker is no longer noticed when rotating the display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32661
* Hot plugging an HDMI display device to a system running Windows Vista (32 or 64 bit version) no longer results in the HDMI display device being detected as a DTV (DVI) device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32593
* The signal on HDTV TV is no longer displayed as 480p60 after setting the format to 576i25/576p50 in clone mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32662
* A warning message no longer fails to appear when using an inappropriate DVI-HDMI adapter. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32596
* Attempting to perform a silent install of the display driver on a system running Traditional Chinese version of Windows Vista no longer results in an error message being displayed and the display drivers failing to be installed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32601
* Catalyst" Control Center->Display Properties->Settings tab->Advanced: The adapter information is no longer displayed as ATI Display Adapter instead of the actual product name. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32602
* Enabling extended desktop mode followed by swapping the primary and secondary display devices no longer results in all running applications to be displayed on the primary display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32607
* Enabling or disabling CrossFire no longer results in the HydraGrid settings failing to be retained. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows XP and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32609
* Exiting a full screen D3D application no longer results in some of the other running applications failing to retain their current HydarGrid location. This issue may also be experienced under the Windows XP and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition operating systems. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32612
* An incorrect message is no longer displayed when resuming from an S3 state when extended desktop mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33374
* Enabling Overlay Theatre Mode while a movie is playing no longer results in the secondary display device displaying a black screen when extended desk mode is enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33375
* Connecting a secondary display device and setting the display resolution to 1280x800 or greater no longer results in corruption being noticed when attempting to enable extended desktop mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33376
* Playing a Blu-ray or HD DVD title using the Cyberlink PowerDVD 7.3 no longer results in an error message being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33377
* Using MCE to view TV no longer results in the Vista operating system (32 bit version) failing to respond when resuming from an S3 state. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33378
* Intermittent corruption when switching between an LCD display device and an HDMI TV no longer occurs. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33379
* Connecting an HDMI display device no longer results in an extra longer time being noticed when attempting to switch between the LCD display device and the HDMI display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33382
* Corruption is no longer noticed on the Windows Vista desktop when playing a DVD title when using the Windows Media Player. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33383
* Connecting an HDTV using the HDMI port on a system containing an ATI Radeon" HD 3100/3200 series of product no longer results the LCD display device failing when hot-unplugging the HDTV. Further details can be found in topic number 737-33384

The latest version of the Catalyst" software suite is designed to support the following Microsoft Windows platforms:

* Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit versions)
* Windows XP Professional
* Windows XP Home Edition
* Windows XP Media Center Edition
* Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Catalyst" 8.3 introduces the following new features:

* CrossFireX" (Quad) Support 3 or 4 GPUs in CrossFireX" Mode
* Hybrid Graphics Support
* DirectX 10.1 Support
* Anti-Aliasing Enhancements
* ATI Catalyst" Control Center: HydraVision support for Windows Vista
* Digital Panel GPU image scaling
* Catalyst" Control Center: Advanced Video Quality Controls
* ATI Catalyst" driver: Tessellation support

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System

This section provides information on resolved issues in this release of the ATI Catalyst" Software Suite for Windows Vista. These include:

* Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Playing the game on a system running Windows Vista with default game settings no longer results in the gadget sidebar bleeding through. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32545
* Enemy Territory: Quake Wars: Playing the game under Windows Vista (64 bit version) no longer results in corruption being noticed when loading multiple maps. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32544
* Enemy Territory: Quake Wars: The game no longer fails with an error pointing to atioglxx.dll when exiting the game. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32540
* Enemy Territory: Quake Wars: Corruption is no longer noticed when editing levels. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32532
* Guitar Hero 3: Poor performance is no longer noticed when playing the game on a system containing an ATI Radeon" HD 2900 series of product and running the Windows Vista operating system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32539
* Halo 2: Enabling AA in the Catalyst" Control Center no longer results in the Halo 2 logo flickering when loading or quitting a campaign. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32541
* Halo2: Starting a new campaign with the default Catalyst" Control Center setting and the default game settings no longer results in texture corruption being noticed when playing the game under Windows Vista with an ATI Radeon" HD 2100 series of product installed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32655
* Oblivion: Flickering is no longer noticed when first making a move if the in-game settings are set to maximum, CrossFire" is enabled and AF is set to 16x. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31581
* Resident Evil 4: Minor flickering is no longer noticed when playing the game on a system running Windows Vista along with CrossFire" being enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32536
* Splinter Cell Double Agent: Multicolored rectangles are no longer noticed when UBM is enabled on systems containing an ATI Radeon" HD 34x0 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32526
* World of Conflict: Text corruption is no longer noticed when playing the game under Windows Vista with CrossFire" enabled. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32537
* World of Warcraft: Flickering and missing objects are no longer noticed when playing the game in OpenGL mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32538
* Installing the WDM driver on systems containing an ATI TV Tuner product and an ATI graphics adapter no longer results in the WDM driver failing to install. Further details can be found in topic number 737-30571
* Resuming from hibernation mode with HDMI display connected no longer results in a black screen with only a mouse cursor being displayed. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31149
* The OverDrive" page is no longer grayed out and the GPU and memory clocks are no longer displayed as 000 after enabling CrossFire" on systems containing and ATI Radeon" X1900 CrossFire" Edition and running Windows Vista (64 bit version). Further details can be found in topic number 737-31586
* Hot-plugging an HDMI display device no longer results in the display device failing to be detected on systems containing an ATI Radeon" HD 2400 series of product and running Windows Vista. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31583
* Enabling extended desktop mode and setting the display resolution to 1280x800 or higher, followed by playing an HD-DVD using PowerDVD, no longer results in the HD-DVD title failing to play. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31584
* Dragging player window to secondary display while playing back HD content and moving it back to primary no longer results in blank player window. Further details can be found in topic number 737-31585
* The OverDrive" page may be grayed out and the GPU and memory clocks as may be displayed as 000 after enabling CrossFire" on systems containing and ATI Radeon" X1900 CrossFire" Edition and running Windows Vista (64 bit version). Further details can be found in topic number 737-31586
* The color temperature control settings no longer defaults to 4000K (yellow tint) when monitor unplugged during driver silent installation. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32527
* A Reduce DVI frequency on high-resolution displays option no longer appears when an HDMI display device is connected using an HDMI-DVI cable. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32528
* Playing DVD content using the Windows Media Player no longer results in the playback being choppy. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32529
* Hot plugging and hot-unplugging an HDMI display device multiple times during one windows session no longer results in the display device failing to be detected. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32530
* Enabling clone mode on a system containing an ATI Radeon" X1200/1250/1270 series of product no longer results in the resolution and color depth changing to 640x480 8bpp. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32531
* An error message is no longer displayed when attempting to set both the primary (HDMI) display device and secondary (DVI) display device to a display resolution of 1280x1024. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32533
* The secondary display device no longer fails to resume from sleep mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32534
* Setting the display resolution to 1920x1200, followed by playing a DVD title no longer results in playback of the DVD appearing jittery. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32535
* Corruption is no longer noticed at the beginning of a DVD title or when resizing the media player window. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32540
* Connecting a CRT and an HDMI display device followed by enabling clone mode and setting the resolution to 1024x768 32bpp 60Hz. no longer results in corruption being noticed on the secondary display device when resuming from suspend mode. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32656
* Connecting a DFP display device to a system running Windows Vista (32 or 64 bit versions) no longer results in the display modes of 1024x768, 800x600, and 640x480 being missing in the Catalyst" Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32542
* Connecting multiple display devices no longer results in the primary, secondary and other monitors swapping positions within the Catalyst" Control Center. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32543
* The Windows Vista operating system no longer fails to resume from suspend mode when the HDMI display device is set to 1024x768 60Hz.on systems containing an ATI Radeon" HD 2400 series of product. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32549
* Configuring a system with two ATI Radeon" HD 3870s or two ATI Radeon" HD 3850s no longer results in the CrossFire being enabled even after one display device is disabled yet still connected to the system. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32547
* Enabling extended desktop mode, followed by enabling Overlay Theater Mode no longer results in Overlay Theater Mode failing on the secondary display device. Further details can be found in topic number 737-32546